For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. ~ Titus 2:11-14, ESV

Parts of the Lord’s Olivet Discourse are recorded in The Gospels According to Saint Matthew, Saint Mark, and Saint Luke, which means the entire discourse is not in one particular synoptic gospel. Furthermore, it is important to note that in the Olivet Discourse the Lord is referring to two distinct events: the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple and Jerusalem, both of which happened in 70 A.D. (cf. Luke 21:20-24); and His own eschatological Second Coming (Parousia or His bodily return).

Now most believers are not in agreement with where the Rapture happens on the Olivet Discourse’s timeline, and they disagree because too many believers fail to see that the Olivet Discourse is not completely sequential. These believers also disagree because too many of them fail to understand that the Olivet Discourse is more about the disciples’ questions and Christ Jesus’ answers to those questions—the Lord’s predicted signs and the time of the His Parousia! Put differently, one of the Olivet Discourse’s focal points is on the nation of Israel’s expectations, which are based on Old Testament prophecies, and another focal point is on God’s worldwide plan for the Earth. The Rapture of the CHURCH, which is the New Testament’s Body of Christ or Bride of Christ, is not a focal point of the Olivet Discourse!

Furthermore, because not one of the synoptic gospels’ portions of the Olivet Discourse unambiguously predicts the Rapture the way apostle Paul clearly reveals the Rapture’s mystery in 1 Corinthians 15:50-53 and again in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, this scriptural truth is the main reason why most believers interpret the Rapture as either Pre-Tribulational (generally speaking, Christians who make this interpretation of when the Rapture takes places believe that the Rapture is before the beginning of the final seven years of prophet Daniel’s 70th Week, which is commonly referred to as the Tribulation Period), or Mid-Tribulational (generally speaking, Christians who make this interpretation of when the Rapture takes place believe that the Rapture is around the mid-point of the seven year Tribulation Period), or Post-Tribulational (generally speaking, Christians who make this interpretation of when the Rapture takes place believe that the Rapture is after the beginning of the Great Tribulation or second half of the Tribulation Period’s suffering and persecution but before the Lord’s actual bodily return).

For the record, the Rapture is God’s escape plan, God’s “New Ark” that’s not built by human hands. The Lord, thus, snatches/raptures His true believers, His CHURCH not built by human hands, out of this world so that He can keep/save them from the hour (the time) of testing/trial, which is the wrath to come. The Rapture also is apostle Paul’s biblical prediction about Christ Jesus. This apostle declares that Christ Jesus will come back for His true CHURCH/BODY of BELIEVERS/BRIDE, and when He does He will resurrect those believers who have died in Him, translate those believers who still are living when He comes for them, and then suddenly change both the dead and alive in Christ believers’ bodies before His true CHURCH/BODY of BELIEVERS/BRIDE meets Him in the air. Then, together they will proceed to Heaven. Moreover, even though the Scriptures do not unequivocally refer to the commotion the true CHURCH/BODY of BELIEVERS/BRIDE’s departure will cause, there can be no doubt, given how curious many people are about the lives of celebrities, that this sudden disappearance of well-known, decidedly successful, and/or extremely affluent artistic, athletic, spiritual, and political leaders will trigger an abundance of questions!

Having said that, for this blogger, who has a Pre-Tribulational interpretation of the Rapture, the Olivet Discourse Timeline is as follows:

The Increase in Frequency and Intensity of Birth Pains or the Beginning of Sorrows—events and situations that Announce the Imminent Birth of a New World Order (one-world government, one-world religion, one-world economy)—the current spasmodic worldwide geopolitical, socio-economic, geophysical, and astrophysical Birth Pains that are the signs of the times, like the frequency and intensity of false prophets and false teachers; wars, famines, pestilences, and earthquakes; portentous incidents in the sun, moon, stars and seas; perplexed nations in distress; and violence upon the Earth (cf. Matthew 24:4-5, 11; Matthew 24:6-7; Matthew 24:12, 37; Mark 13:6; Mark 13:7-8; Luke 21:8; Luke21:10-11; Luke 21:25; see also Luke 17:26; Luke 19:42-44)